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Flicker Strike Charged Staff CoC Invoker (+4 Melee Skills)

Invoker·MonkPatch 0.5.2·byPublic Ladder
Version 1·Updated Jun 13, 2026
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Run Gear Check

Overview

Offense

1. Flicker Strike
696,403
2. Falling Thunder
184,017
Hit DPS
694,240
Attacks/sec
4.28
Average hit
162,071

Utility

Mana
756
Spirit
237
Move speed
x1.26

Defense

Life
1
ES
6,197
Gear ES
1,093
Character evasion
12,971
Gear evasion
1,869
Fire res
75%
Cold res
75%
Lightning res
75%

Passive Tree

131
Nodes
31
Notables
1
Keystones

Key Passives

Chaos InoculationKey
Chaos Inoculation
Chaos
True StrikeNotable
+10 to Dexterity
20% increased Critical Hit Chance
AttributeCritical
The Soul Springs EternalNotable
Meta Skills gain 35% more Energy
Meta Skills have 50% increased Reservation Efficiency
Gem
Mindful AwarenessNotable
24% increased Evasion Rating
24% increased maximum Energy Shield
EvasionEnergy Shield
Killer InstinctNotable
40% increased Attack Damage while on Full Life
60% increased Attack Damage while on Low Life
Life
Crashing WaveNotable
25% increased Damage if you've dealt a Critical Hit in the past 8 seconds
Critical
Careful AssassinNotable
-20% reduced Critical Damage Bonus
50% increased Critical Hit Chance
Critical
Flow Like WaterNotable
8% increased Attack and Cast Speed
+5 to Dexterity
+5 to Intelligence
SpeedAttribute

Effect Profile

EffectStats
Critical
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Critical Hit Chance13202%
  • increased Critical Damage Bonus12200%
  • increased Critical Damage Bonus with Quarterstaves361%
  • increased Critical Hit Chance against Blinded Enemies354%
Attribute
PassiveCountTotal
  • to any Attribute28+140
  • to Intelligence4+33
  • to Dexterity3+40
  • increased Dexterity18%
Energy Shield
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased maximum Energy Shield14224%
  • gain additional Stun Threshold equal to # % of maximum Energy Shield350%
  • increased Evasion Rating if Energy Shield Recharge has started in the past # seconds150%
  • increased Evasion Rating while you have Energy Shield130%
Evasion
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Evasion Rating20270%
  • gain Deflection Rating equal to # % of Evasion Rating313%
Speed
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Speed with Quarterstaves26%
  • increased Skill Speed28%
  • increased Attack and Cast Speed18%
Life
PassiveCountTotal
  • increased Attack Damage while on Full Life140%
  • increased Attack Damage while on Low Life160%
  • increased Evasion Rating when on Full Life150%
  • increased Stun Threshold while on Full Life125%
Charges
PassiveCountTotal
  • to Maximum Power Charges2+3
  • increased Power Charge Duration240%
Gem
PassiveCountTotal
  • meta Skills gain # % more Energy135%
  • meta Skills have # % increased Reservation Efficiency150%
  • quarterstaff Skills that consume Power Charges count as consuming an additional Power Charge1+1

Gear

Weapon 1

Tempest Weaver

Sinister Quarterstaff

Item Level 80
Rare
Properties
Range14
Physical Damage66-109
Quality20
SocketsS S S
Cold Damage77-139
Lightning Damage6-233
Attacks per Second1.71
Critical Hit Chance12%
Total DPS538.7
Physical DPS149.6
Elemental DPS389
Requirements
Level67
Rune
  • Gain 13% of Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
  • 50% increased Attack Damage against Rare or Unique Enemies
  • Gain 5% of Damage as Extra Damage of all Elements
Bonded
  • Bonded: +1 to Level of all Attack Skills
  • Bonded: Gain 8% of Damage as Extra Physical Damage
  • Bonded: 8% chance to gain an additional random Charge when you gain a Charge
Desecrated
  • 22% increased Attack Speed
Explicit
  • +4.57% to Critical Hit Chance
  • Adds 77 to 139 Cold Damage
  • Adds 6 to 233 Lightning Damage
Crafted
  • Gain 25% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
  • +3 to Level of all Attack Skills
Helmet

Brood Crown

Kamasan Tiara

Item Level 79
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield444
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level75
Enchant
  • +1 to Maximum Power Charges
Rune
  • 20% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Explicit
  • +45 to maximum Energy Shield
  • 130% increased Energy Shield
  • +34 to maximum Life
  • +32 to Intelligence
  • +34% to Fire Resistance
  • Corrupted
Crafted
  • +34% to Lightning Resistance
Body Armour

Damnation Cloak

Sleek Jacket

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield489
Evasion1533
Movement Speed-3%
Quality20
SocketsS S
Requirements
Level65
Rune
  • 40% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +40 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • +120 to Evasion Rating
  • +41 to maximum Energy Shield
Explicit
  • +40 to Evasion Rating
  • +14 to maximum Energy Shield
  • 147% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
  • 25% reduced Attribute Requirements
  • +17% to Fire Resistance
  • Gain Deflection Rating equal to 22% of Evasion Rating
Gloves

Maelstrom Talons

Opulent Gloves

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield58
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level70
Rune
  • 8% increased Attack Speed
Bonded
  • Bonded: 20% reduced Slowing Potency of Debuffs on You
Explicit
  • Adds 21 to 33 Fire damage to Attacks
  • Adds 14 to 24 Cold damage to Attacks
  • Adds 1 to 40 Lightning damage to Attacks
  • +2 to Level of all Melee Skills
  • +37% to Cold Resistance
  • Leech 7.02% of Physical Attack Damage as Mana
Boots

Golem Spur

Charmed Shoes

Item Level 81
Rare
Properties
Energy Shield102
Evasion336
Quality20
SocketsS
Requirements
Level70
Rune
  • 18% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Bonded
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
  • Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Desecrated
  • 30% increased Movement Speed
Explicit
  • 101% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
  • +38% to Fire Resistance
  • +38% to Lightning Resistance
  • Gain Deflection Rating equal to 20% of Evasion Rating
  • +45 to Stun Threshold
Belt

Shavronne's Satchel

Fine Belt

Item Level 79
Unique
Properties
Charm Slots3
Requirements
Level62
Enchant
  • 24% increased maximum Energy Shield
Implicit
  • Has 3 Charm Slots
  • Flasks gain 0.17 charges per Second
Explicit
  • 28% reduced Flask Life Recovery rate
  • +29 to Intelligence
  • 30% increased Flask Charges gained
  • Life Recovery from Flasks also applies to Energy Shield
  • Corrupted
Amulet

Corpse Scarab

Lapis Amulet

Item Level 82
Rare
Requirements
Level8
Enchant
  • Allocates Barbaric Strength
Desecrated
  • +71 to maximum Energy Shield
Implicit
  • +11 to Intelligence
Explicit
  • 43% increased Evasion Rating
  • 50% increased maximum Energy Shield
  • +4 to Level of all Melee Skills
  • +44% to Cold Resistance
  • 65% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
Ring 1

Horror Loop

Unset Ring

Item Level 81
Rare
Requirements
Level44
Implicit
  • Grants 1 additional Skill Slot
Explicit
  • Adds 19 to 31 Fire damage to Attacks
  • Adds 15 to 25 Cold damage to Attacks
  • Adds 1 to 32 Lightning damage to Attacks
  • +24 to Strength
  • +37% to Cold Resistance
  • +22% to Lightning Resistance
Ring 2

Vengeance Eye

Unset Ring

Item Level 79
Rare
Requirements
Level44
Implicit
  • Grants 1 additional Skill Slot
Explicit
  • Adds 13 to 25 Physical Damage to Attacks
  • Adds 28 to 45 Fire damage to Attacks
  • 22% increased Lightning Damage
  • +32% to Fire Resistance
  • +27% to Lightning Resistance
  • Leech 7.29% of Physical Attack Damage as Mana
Charm 1

Investigator's Stone Charm of the Foliage

Item Level 50
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level8
Implicit
  • Used when you become Stunned
Explicit
  • Gains 0.15 Charges per Second
  • 16% increased Duration
Charm 2

Analyst's Dousing Charm of the Bottomless

Item Level 80
Magic
Properties
Quality0
Requirements
Level32
Implicit
  • Used when you become Ignited
Explicit
  • 25% increased Duration
  • 54% increased Charges gained
Charm 3

Nascent Hope

Thawing Charm

Item Level 79
Unique
Properties
Charges Max40
Charges Per Use40
Duration30
Quality0
Requirements
Level12
Implicit
  • Used when you become Frozen
Explicit
  • 22% Chance to gain a Charge when you kill an enemy
  • Energy Shield Recharge starts on use
Life Flask

Seething Ultimate Life Flask of the Brewer

Item Level 82
Magic
Properties
Quality20
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • 50% reduced Amount Recovered
  • Instant Recovery
  • 28% reduced Charges per use
Mana Flask

Simmering Ultimate Mana Flask of the Ample

Item Level 81
Magic
Properties
Quality19
Requirements
Level60
Implicit
  • 20% of Recovery applied Instantly
  • 63% increased Charges

Skills & Gems

Cast on Critical(Lv19)4 gems

While active, gains Energy when you Critically Hit enemies and triggers socketed Spells on reaching maximum Energy.

OverabundanceSupports Skills which have a Limit, increasing that Limit at the cost of their duration. Only applies to restrictions that use the word "Limit".Lv1
Energy RetentionSupports Meta Skills. Supported Skills gain a chance to partially Refund a portion of Energy cost when Triggering or Invoking other Skills.Lv1
ImpetusSupports Meta Skills. Supported Skills generate Energy significantly faster.Lv1
ProfusionSupports skills that can generate Charges, giving them a chance to generate an additional Charge when they do so.Lv1
Charged Staff(Lv19)5 gems

Consume all Power Charges to charge your Quarterstaff with electricity, adding Lightning damage and a Lightning shockwave to your Quarterstaff Attacks. Reusing this skill while the Buff is active adds to the Buff's duration and damage.

Buff grants 1 to 2 Added Quarterstaff Attack Lightning damage per Power Charge Consumed, up to your maximum Power Charges
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
InnervateSupports damaging skills you use yourself. Killing a Shocked enemy with supported skills imbues your damage with Lightning damage for a short time.Lv1
Culling StrikeSupports Attack Skills, causing them to Cull Rare and Unique Enemies on Hit.Lv1
BlindSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on Hit.Lv1
Blazing CriticalSupports Skills you use yourself which Hit enemies. Critical Hits with Supported Skills imbue all of your Attacks with Fire damage for a duration.Lv1
Whirling Assault(Lv19)5 gems

Advance while hitting enemies around you with a series of spinning Strikes.

1% more Area of Effect
RageSupports Melee Attacks, causing them to grant Rage on Hit.Lv1
Pinpoint CriticalSupports any skill that Hits Enemies, causing it to Critically Hit more often but deal less damage with Critical Hits.Lv1
Practiced ComboSupports Strike Skills. Supported Skills have a chance to build additional Combo on Hit. Cannot support Skills used by Minions.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Oisins OathSupports Skills which Hit enemies, causing their Mana Leech to recover based on Elemental damage instead of Physical damage.Lv1
Flicker Strike(Lv19)5 gems

Teleport to a enemy and Strike them. Consumes Power Charges to perform additional teleporting Strikes on nearby enemies.

Perpetual ChargeSupports skills that consume Power, Frenzy or Endurance Charges on use, giving them a chance not to remove each Charge while still gaining the benefits of consuming them.Lv1
Concentrated EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Pinpoint CriticalSupports any skill that Hits Enemies, causing it to Critically Hit more often but deal less damage with Critical Hits.Lv1
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
Mantra of Destruction(Lv19)5 gems

Build Combo by successfully Striking Enemies with other skills. After reaching maximum Combo, use this skill to Empower your next Quarterstaff Attack, causing it to deal additional Chaos damage. Each kill with the Empowered Attack grants Purple Flames of Chayula for a duration.

Empowered Attack gains 50% of Damage as Chaos
Ailith LineageSupports Skills which can expend Combo. On expending Combo with Supported Skills, you have a chance to gain Power Charges based on the amount of Combo expended.Lv1
Delayed GratificationSupports Skills which require some Condition to be met for use. Supported Skills can be used an additional time after their Condition has been met, but meeting that Condition is harder.Lv1
PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1
ProfusionSupports skills that can generate Charges, giving them a chance to generate an additional Charge when they do so.Lv1
Chaos MasterySupports Chaos skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1
Wind Dancer(Lv19)5 gems

While active, periodically grants stages of a buff that gives you more Evasion per stage. Being Hit by an Enemy while you have this buff consumes all stages to damage and Knock Back enemies around you.

Gain a stage every 1.5 seconds
BlindSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on Hit.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
BludgeonSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to Knock Back enemies.Lv1
MaimSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Lv1
Close CombatSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Lv1
Herald of Ice(Lv19)5 gems

While active, Shattering an enemy with a non-Herald Attack Hit will cause an icy explosion that deals Attack damage to surrounding enemies.

Uul Netols EmbraceSupports Skills that can cause Damaging Hits, granting extra Chaos damage and causing Chaos damage to Break Armour.Lv1
Uruks SmeltingSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger. Fully Breaking Armour with Supported Skills permanently increases the Physical Damage taken by those affected, up to a cap.Lv1
Armour ExplosionSupports Attacks and Warcries, causing them to trigger a Fiery explosion when they Fully Break an enemy's Armour.Lv1
Chaos InfusionSupports any skill that deals damage, causing them to Gain Chaos Damage but deal less Damage of other Types.Lv1
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Herald of Thunder(Lv19)5 gems

While active, killing Shocked enemies with a non-Herald Attack Hit will cause subsequent Attack Hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies.

Lightning Bolts strike the targets of your next 2 Attack Hits after killing a Shocked enemy with Attack damage
Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1
Elemental FocusSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more Elemental Damage but be unable to inflict Elemental Ailments.Lv1
Pinpoint CriticalSupports any skill that Hits Enemies, causing it to Critically Hit more often but deal less damage with Critical Hits.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Lightning MasterySupports Lightning skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1
Falling Thunder(Lv19)5 gems

Suffuse your Quarterstaff with electrical energy, then Slam the ground to deal damage in a large cone in front of you. Consumes your Power Charges to fire Lightning Projectiles forwards from the impact.

Nova ProjectilesSupports Projectile Skills, making them fire Projectiles in a circle. Does not Support Skills which rain down Projectiles from above.Lv1
Pinpoint CriticalSupports any skill that Hits Enemies, causing it to Critically Hit more often but deal less damage with Critical Hits.Lv1
RicochetSupports any Skill which creates Projectiles, giving those Projectiles a chance to Chain when impacting terrain.Lv1
Primal ArmamentSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Lv1
Ice BiteSupports damaging skills and Warcries you use yourself. Freezing an enemy with supported skills infuses your damage with Cold damage for a short time.Lv1
Hand of Chayula(Lv20)3 gems

Dash to an enemy and Strike them, triggering socketed Marks with increased effect and applying socketed Curses with increased duration.

20% increased Effect of Marks from Supported Skills
Martial TempoSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Lv1
Charged MarkSupports Mark Skills, causing them to Trigger Charged Mark when they are Activated. Charged Mark creates Shocked Ground at the target's location.Lv1
InspirationSupports any skill, making it cost less to use. Cannot support skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1
Elemental Conflux(Lv19)2 gems

Tap into a current of raw and unpredictable Elemental power, causing you to deal greatly more damage of a randomly chosen Element. The Element affected changes frequently, though the same Element can be affected multiple times in succession.

Buff grants 40% more damage with the affected Element
Fire MasterySupports Fire skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.Lv1
HerbalismSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Life recovery from Flasks while the Skill is active.Lv1
Quarterstaff Strike(Lv20)1 gem

Strike with your Quarterstaff.

Einhars BeastriteSupports Melee Strike skills, causing them to steal a Modifier from Rare monsters they kill for a lengthy duration, while being unable to damage enemies not on low Life. Does not modify skills used by Minions.Lv1

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